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Neil Jones

Posted 16 October 2006 - 04:05 PM

Neil Jones

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Because the Hosts file isn't designed for this type of use.

The whole idea behind no-ip.com is that if the server gets disconnected from the internet on a broadband connection, then when it reconnects again, it sends its new IP address to no-ip.com which then updates the IP entry for, in your case, crudler.no-ip.com so everybody can find it again. You don't need to do anything else, other than ensure that the server is connected to the internet with the no-ip.com software.

crudler

Posted 16 October 2006 - 04:13 PM

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ok, thats cool then. maybe there is a better solution.

basically my system is limited in poiting only to a machine name. cant change that. On a lan it works great. when i connect form home over adsl (port forwarded onto the correct lan machine) obviously it cant find that machine name. so i can use a host file to point it to the internet ip address, but that ip is only valid for a day and i have to keep changing the ip in my host file. ideally i want my machine to know that whenever it connects to dev_svr, i need it to point to whatever internet ip address my office's adsl router is on.

any ideas?
short of deving my own app that pings dev_svr, gets its ip and updates my host file, i dont know. thats a messy solution